How THIS Character Solved Big Bang's Biggest Problem

The Big Bang Theory is one of CBS's biggest shows of all time. Lasting 12 seasons, with a successful spin-off in Young Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory had a reach most sitcoms can only dream of. But going into Big Bang Theory's 3rd season, the show was at a tipping point. They needed something fresh to round out the main characters and Bernadette Rostenkowski rode in to save the day. Without Bernadette our main characters, specifically Howard, could have been doomed to circle the drain with the same tired tropes until it's eventual cancellation. Luckily Bernadette saved The Big Bang Theory.

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[benwasserman]

Bernadette made Howard less creepy, Penny made Leonard more confident, and Amy gradually encouraged Sheldon to get out of his OCD routines. So i guess alcohol was Raj’s main lady at first.

[AverageDrafter]

Had the best line in the series "How do you know Red Hulk's not worthy?! YOU DON'T KNOW HIS LIFE!!!"

[shom]

Great analysis... But one other "problem" was fixed: Penny didn't have any friends. She was stuck in the boy's world without anyone. And at its core she was just an "object of desire." Adding Amy and Bernadette gave her a "world" that really added to Penny's story and the overall story. The story telling really evolved.

[sad_dad]

She was def an element that the show benefited from. Can’t believe she was first off only casted for one episode. Never knew that.

[FitzyyLives]

When Rausch did her impression of Howard's mom, I thought she actually voiced Howard's mom and they brought her onscreen to play bernadette

[quesobuddy]

"I like the Wii. 😊"
"Thanks Grandma."

[Craxin]

Howard got his best line in the series after his bachelor party, apologizing to Bernadette (well, asking Penny to relay his apology, though Bernadette heard it anyway). I loved Penny's reaction, "Oh my God, Howard. That was the most beautiful thing I ever heard. And it came out of YOU!"

[murrethmedia]

The most unrealistic thing about this entire show is Howard bagging a goddess like Bernadette.

[Richie_Godsil]

Bernadette had great timing and delivery too, such an unexpectedly funny character

[XavierAxelrod]

Shoutout to Bernadette's Dad. That one episode with Sheldon when they bond over football. I'll never forget. She's my favorite girl among the main cast.

[neverstopmovingforwardfitn]

They went too far making Bernadette like Howard's mom. Her character became not so liked but that was what happened with most of cast

[robertlunderwood]

"Tell her I’m really sorry, and if she doesn’t want to marry me, I get it. But what I really want her to know is the guy that she’s disgusted by, is the guy that I’m disgusted by, too. But that guy doesn’t exist any more, he’s gone, and the reason is because of her. So, if this relationship is over, let her know that she made me a better man, and tell her thank you."

The entire video can be summed up by this.

[DeltaEcho]

Melissa brought the house down when she did her 'Mrs. Wolowitz' voice at Comic Con:
"Howard! What's this Comic Con thing you're going to?! Is it the sex thing I saw on 20/20?!"

[nahuel]

It's baffling to me how people nowadays have no ability to analyze something beyond the surface. When they complain about a guy being creepy or acting like Howard in the beginning, they just have the virtue signaling mask on. They don't see, for example, how sad and pathetic the character is. All the things that happened to him to have reached that mindset and that even though it's played as a comedy, u can see that it's never a glorified behavior. It's always meant to be rejected and we all know that his actions aren't good.
I'm not saying this towards this video but to the people complaining about these kinds of characters when they don't even see beyond the first coat of paint.

[jerogomezrobledo]

Understandably, Howard's behaviour in the first 3 seasons didn't age well today. But if the show had been cancelled after those 3 seasons, looking at it today it would have been more disappointing for not allowing the character to evolve and end up as a better person than the one we met in the pilot. Plus, I think modern viewers are smart enough to differentiate how a character behaves on screen from how it would behave in real life.

[jamielondon]

I think the 'Howard problem' also wasn't quite as, well, fatal as HIMYM's, because he didn't actually score with (and then dump) women. He just wished he could. Not *a lot* better, but still maybe somewhat more redeemable.

Now tell us why Doctor Stephanie was erased from the show as if she never even existed, please!

[xBaleb]

I always thought that was her real voice 😂

[Bow-to-the-absurd]

Biggest problem was the massive increase in sheldon-centric melodrama combined with huge drop-off in jokes after series 5.

[margielee]

When Howard had the whole group sing the song to her while she was in quarantine I knew how Penny felt when she said "That's the most beautiful thing I ever heard and it came out of you". I know I looked at Howard differently after that. Bernadette made him a better man.

[trinaq]

I loved that giving Howard a stable girlfriend and later wife in Bernadette decreased his sleazy, creepy behaviour towards women, and made him more likable.